In the spirit of Nina LaCour and Adam Silvera, this offbeat and romantic debut novel follows a teen girl whose desire to find out more about her late rock star father brings her closer to the last person she expected.
She received her MFA in fiction from Stony Brook University at Southampton and lives with her wife in Queens, New York..
About author(s): Jennifer Nissley is an instructor of writing in a developmental college program, where she has the privilege of working with native and new English speakers from all across the globe.
As Koda and Sadie\'s complicated bond deepens, they are both forced to grapple with the black hole Mack left behind, or get sucked in themselves.
She tracks down her dad\'s band mate and ex-girlfriend, Sadie Pasquale, and finds herself becoming rapidly obsessed with the mercurial musician.
Agonizing over how to confess her feelings leads Koda to explore Mack\'s enigmatic history in search of answers.
Like how she\'s in love with her best friend, Lindsay, and doesn\'t have the courage to tell her.
Koda has more important things on her mind.
Moving to New York City with her mom won\'t change that, even if New York was Mack Grady\'s city--where he became famous, where he wrote his music, and also where he died.
Everything Koda Rose knows about her father she\'s learned from other people.
In the spirit of Nina LaCour and Adam Silvera, this offbeat and romantic debut novel follows a teen girl whose desire to find out more about her late rock star father brings her closer to the last person she expected
